'JT-ri" I ' ,'' r, ' "TJ. s 'At C t J T',' -. U Uf y t - l M , . i vi rfcXrT- EXTRA .: Ife ' & OfUKVO .m m -. - .. ' - a. . jk. wuduc Id . ?uutuuiy ET r. -'i. K 1 1 wL. W A A f VOL. IV. NO. 69 SuTISH hold" FAST TO LINE AT MOEUVRES Prisoners and 12 Machine Guns Captured by Byng's Army LOSSES TREMENDOUS London Expects Heavy Death Toll Teuton Casualties Far Greater BERLIN, Dec. 3. Capture of 6000 prisoners and 1001.- , . , . . guns since November 30 in the great I CpUl't Acts Oil TOWII Meet German drive out of Cambrai was ing Suggestion and Or- announced by the War Office today Between Jnchy and Bourlbn, the statement declared, a British at tack had been repulsed. Violent fighting was reported at Lavacquc rle, where eighteen machine guns Merc taken. On the Flanders front, north of ii i.-j--tr i i? ii..u - i asscnenuucie, a biiuiik ijiik"" "v i tack was thrown back by a counter attack. LONDON, Dec. 3. German forces switched their attacks. to the northern side of tho Cambrai sail. cnt during the night and asulted tho British positions around Moeuvris, but wcro unable to gain any additional , ground, tho War Office announced today. The attacking Teutons wcro hurled buck, leaving a number of prisoners and twelve machine guns In the hands of the British. v In tho Bourlon sector the Germans . wero unablo to resume their assaults In foicc,jbut delivered a number of minor jttucks, all of which br&ko down1 J (Both Moeuvrcs and Bourlon Ho be- leen the Arras-Cambral road and tho iapaumc-Cambral hlghwuy. The for- m jner Is a llttlo oer sK miles west of tho i.crmuii Daso anu uounon lies aioui o and a quarter miles northeast of Mocu rcn.) Cavalry Is apparently In action on both sides. Tho battle has now been wiKlnrr almost uninterruptedly since iMiuuy. J.HO ucrmaii uruueri wnccn- i ration exceeds anything tho .n.yl. done In the woy of gunfire since Verdun. London was prepared today for a heavy death toll, but with the rcaltza tlon that the Herman casualties must bo nearly double the British. The CJer- f'I'Sfrie-"forwartf sweep over Belgium and sending- their troops formed In closed ranks Into tho cliargo with fearful losses to thm Al-mf... -1... 4 .1.- n Ijasv adnilttcdly forced some readjust' rjieVft of the Biltlsh llnet. Masntrre' a -rum ot pujverreu stones and brlcKt? was oIuntarIiy given over to tho ojerni' It wp untenable in view of theSferco fJerman artillery concentra tion on It. Thero wcro one or two other spots where the Tommies were forced to shift their positions somewhat. Conlncldent with the battle at (lam- brai thero has been nnother flaie-up of fighting on the west Flanders front, hear Passchendacle, where heavy artil lery duels have been In progress for a week. Field Marshal Halg's men drove forward, making tome gains of a local nature on tho northern end of the fam 6us Passchendacle ridge, and there wcro Indications that big action might de velop In that sector. Clermany Is straining every nervo and nlnew to crush the tallcnt thrust Into v the Teuton rfront by the big drive Gen- cral Byng launched tn November 20, - and to remove the menace which the salient offers to tho key positions de fending the upper end of the Illiidcn burg lino. GERMAN RAWS FAIL AGAINST FRENCH tlNE PARIS, Dec. S. Unsuccessful enemy raids at St. Qucn tin and Fosses Wood were reported In 7 today's official statement. The War Offlco said there was nrtll-' lery firing around,tho Alllctto, tho Alsne, east of Ithelms and on tho rlgkt bank of tho Mouso. , - A - y, S. ENGINEERS FIGHT " f BRAVELY AT CAMBRAI BV WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS WITH TUB BRITISH ARMIU3 IN FRANCE. Deo. 2. Americans did thtlr bit to aid Bjng's Tommies In pushing back around Cam brai (Hrmanv'u mott formldabo assault since, Verdun. , .'They weren't enlisted to light. They were engineers and doctors. The en gineers got caught In tho maelstrom of (struggling lines, and some wore cut off by the Oermuns. Then u good manj' of them rolled up Uielr sleeves and went Into the fight. They borrowed rifle and fought like bearcats, shoulder ta'uHoul- der with the British. The American doctors Btlcjc' to their Joba of helping the wounded under fire'. Whether these Americans Buffered cas ualties had not been, established In head ciuarters' reports up Jo .today. Tho whole British urmy. however, was ringing with praise of thelr'flrM-class fighting ability, Kvcr tslnco tho beginning of Byng's thrust tlio" American army engineers have been building and operating strat- l'eglo railways close up to the German ' -Mn Most of them got tlelr first baptism j of fire in Crown Prince Rupprecht'a i.'counter-BUrprrtio blow. They liked it nnd went into the fighting with cnthusl; ii-. asm. JLilke many of the 'British gunners, the Z t American, engineers saw the dermans Vcloie up" beforo tuey reamed vvhat-VTOs happening. i"One-lanky' Tcnnesboean got'a day full V .-, of thrllbj t'l was standing beside my engine," ho , said today. sVwben, shrapnel began raln- J "tK'all around me, I didn't have any tlBihelmet, 'a I grabbed a petrol tank. : . r figured tnat was petter tnan nothing. rlwellsuh, tnose 'Prussians Kept a- ti sftningi I hustled back and dived'lnto usall poiei I'reuy oon i looKea up ''.tns, Bocnes were all around mo. fo worn ana niew, up.vne ran , but they left the engine. I .sbsll-lioo to, shell-hole TSM 55SSS? Official Vote for Row Officers in Election TABLE shows In parentheses the official vote for row of fices In the election November C, the majorities rcsultinjr there from, net gain in tho recount of the first ninety-three divisions nnd the new majorities as far as cor rections havo progressed: KfrXKHFIt 01' TAXKS Old , New mo- Net mti- . . Jorllr snln Jorltr Kendrltk (117. 5J0).. S788 lm DIRO Armatrenc (10ft,43) HKAINTKR 01' HILIJi Shrrhnn (110.KS6)... 2073 815 2M7 Ntnllh (108,134) CITY TRKAHrm.R Shoyer (113.267).... 2001 8S3 2K3D Mtholnon (111,283) WILL PROSECUTE IN ELECTION FIGHT ders Investigation PROBE IRREGULARITIES Tho first step toward prosecution of election officers In whose districts there were fraudulent returns wns taken this afternoon by Henry J. Scott, counsel . ' for the Town Meetlnc party After counting two divisions In which tho bal 1 lots did not agree w Ith tho retuniB, Mr. Scott asked the court to certify theso returns to tho District Attorney for ln estlgalon and prosecution. Judges Fin letter and Martin approved the request and Instructed tho District Attorney to Investigate and probccute. At tho request of Mr. Scott tho same action will be followed In all other cases of Irregularities One of the ballot-boxes which disclosed Irregularity Was that of tho twenty-nrst division of the 1'irt.t Ward. In this case John It. K. Scott pointed out that tho fraud fivored Thomas r. Aimftrong, Town Meeting candidate for Kecelver of Tuxeo He requested tho rourt to can attention to that fact In giving instruc tion to the District Attorney. Henry J. Scott said It made no differ ence whom the fraud favored, as It was the desire of the Town Meeting party to stamp out fraud of all kinds from tho elections In Philadelphia. A request of the Town Meeting party urging a recount of the sold!er vote was not allowed. The court ruled thero was not enough evidence to warrant tuch action. rilmsy cxcUBi-3 weie offered by ofllcers : . . . - .... ..i VS"'r "Z I boards from llvo divisions In which thero wero discrepancies were-1 sum moned. Many looked ' absolutely dazed when ftBkcd to give reasons for tl(e false returns One downtown board, for lack of better explanation, said the votes were counted' wrong during a Jubilation In the polls over the unexpected showing of the Socialists 111 this division ' In endeavoring to explain discrepan cies in the thirtieth division of the Twentieth Ward, Charlei Johnson, judge of election, sold the board found sev eral split votes for the Town Meeting ticket and "must havo laid them along side tho split vote of tho Republican ticket." Incidentally, he admitted that this slight mistake Increased tho Re publican vote In tho divlilbn by twenty three. This division returned 108 votes, but only 175 were found In the bec when it was oponed. Johnson, together w 1th officials of the board, was ordered to recount the voto It was In the twcnty-lir.t division of the First Ward that the Socialist Jubila tion Interfered with the mathematics of tho election ofllccrt. In this division 124 votes wero relumed, although only 104 were found In tho ballot-bo. Jacob Phillips, judge of tho election of this division, said all was going along well until it was found that numerous votes for the Socialist ticket had been cast. Then, ho asserted, there was much re joicing, and In thn midst of this borne Continued on I'life 1'onr, Column Mt RAILROAD LIFTS COAL EMBARGO Lehigh Valley's Action . Seen as Relief for Short age in City PRICE ADVANCE LIKELY Tho Lehigh Valley has raised Its em bargo, once again permitting freo In flow of coal to Philadelphia over tho Pennsylvania Railroad via Phllllpsburg. This action was taken at noon today fol lowing tho peremptory demand of Wil liam Potter, ,Stato fuel administrator, that tho road should do what It vould to remedy the present acuto shortago ex isting In North, West and South Phila delphia. Immediate shipments of coal direct to the dealers most In need aro promised by tho road 'in amounts s.ufllclent to ro establish normal conditions speedily. This action when taken, it is aald, wlH supply 10,000 tons of the 20,000 tons dally needed for the next forty qays to restore the city to normal conditions. Local dealers aro meantime anxiously waiting the ruling of Francis A. Lewis, local coal administrator, In regard to the standard gross margin of $2.50 specified In their request of last week. Expert accountants detailed by Mr. Lewis are now working on the dealers' books to determlno Just how far advancing costs justify their demands. "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PENNSYLVANIAN" Tho Life Story of Governor Pennypacker Appearing in daily installments, is continued on Page 10 of , Today's 1 t Evening Public Ledger iyrv!F, - 77f' ANGLO-FRENCH GUARD PIAVE Poilus and Tommies .Take Over Vulnerable Points LULL ALONG FRONT Enemy's Shattered Divisions Reorganizing for New Blows By HENRY WOOD with thk rm:Non ahmu:.s in ITALY, Dec. 3. French and British armies havo taken over ulnerablo points on tho Plavo Illvcr front. Permission i granted today to wake this long-awaited announcement. Veteran 'poilus and .Tommies arc aching for n chance at tho enemy. Many of the French and British have never been In action against Austrian troops, who compose many of tho armies oppo site the Italians, and It la ngalnst them In particular that the Allied re-enforcements would llko to test their arms. Wherever the enemy tries to strike his next blow he will find every vulnerable point on tho Tlave front held down, not only by Italians, but by Trench and British fighters Just nt present there Is a lull. Tho enemy, baffled of further gains, his di visions shattered by repeated fruitless assaults, Is apparently reorganizing for new blows Ho Is doomed to find the entire I'lavo front an Impassable barrier. Tho Ital ians' heroic defense paralleling In Its glory tho French defense of Verdun permitted French and British armies to arrive In perfect organization and to be distributed' at the weak points In the front. Here aguln Verdun's brilliant history was repeated. At the French fortress tho defenders held off the flood of Germans until the Allies could re organlro their forces for best utiliza tion. At Monte Grappa the Ifillans did tho same. " VENICE SAVED AS FOE IS HALTED ON PIAVE WASHINGTON, Dec 3 Venice is believed saved, nnd the AUHtro-German ndvanrc nt the Adriatic end of tho I'lavo River lino has "betu halted, accordlig to Rome cables to day. ' Marsh trenchfs. constructed by spec ially trained Italian troops through thn j 4 .kfreli tiittn In lini a liArtYratl lltn In vadcrs. Battel let of monitors and other unllM nf thu llallun nav v Humiorled bv hjToplnes" and'inooXats Tl'soVlgured In the rescue of the city of the Doge,. ITALIANS BALK ENEMY BY DARING TRICK WASHINGT6N, Dec. J. An olllclal dispatch from Rome this afternoon out lines a daring feat accomplished by u company Of Italian sippers, near Vlder, in blowing up a bridge and killing all Its Austrian defenders , When tho bridge had been blown up behind thn Italian retreat only two arches "wcro destroyed and tho Austrlans Immediately attempted to 1111 tho gap and pass the l'lave under protection of darkness. The Italian command ordered the other arch dcslrojcd, and after re peated attempts tho sappers raised a ladder and an officer and four, soldiers climbed to tho summit of the arch where the Austrlans wcro Intrenched Tour boxes of explosives were planted twelvo feet from tho enemy and the arch de strojed with Its defenders as tho Italians sailed away In their boat Boy Drowns in Brandy wine COAT KSV II,1.U Pa. Deo 1 &tnnle Lusky, five eara old, Hon of John lAisky. fell from a plank Into Brands wlno Creek jesterdav and was drowned. It was all a crowd of men could do 1o pievent tho parents from jumping Into tho deep water In search of tho bo. Tho body was found an hour ufter tho accident. BOY SCOUTS OF? WITH BIG RUSH Campaign for $125,000 Opens With $25,000 Garnered in Two Hours "I am a Civil War veteran. I have given tho best of my llfo to my country and I don't regret it. My Job In life Is a humble one and tho pay only enough to Keep mo and my llfo comrade to wc don't have to usk anybody's help The Boy Scout Club Is the best and highest thing to preserve tho things I fought for. If wo dpu't tako tare of tho boys now. Clod help tho country. I mil poor, but here's my dollar, all I iau nnd moro than I can nfford to give." This note, to uhli.li was pinned a lagged Si bill, was received this morn ing by the committee In (haige of tho campaign to raise $125,000 within the net four days for the extension of Boy Scout work In Philadelphia during the next three years. Within three hours afterward contributions totaling $:s,000 had been reported by the teams canvn's Ing tho city for subscriptions to tho cause. Ah a result, the Boy Scout who Is walking tho tight wire stretched across Broad street from the Land Title Build ing to the Ileal Hstate Tru( Building walked a fifth of the way toward his goal of $i:5,000. If Phlladelphlans continue to contribute at the same rate of speed bo will keep on going right through the Real Estate Trust and well toward the Delaware River beforo tne four days are up. The announcements of the opening subscriptions to the fund were made at a luncheon of the twenty teami at the Bellevue-Stratford, with Dr. Charles D, Hart, chairman of the Philadelphia Council. Hoy Scouts of America, presid ing. ,The reports were turned In to Lewis Buddy, 3d, of New York, cam palgfln manager, and brought rounds of applause as each was read out. Team No. 12. captained by Kills A. Qtmbel, led off In the amount collected this morning, reporting pledges ot . .0325 from forty -eight contributors. Then, when the" total for all the teams for the morning reached $23, 500, Colonel D. Lit, another member of tho team, pledged ' en3"8U to ' U, n,0.rn'"ra low t0 enough to bring tho morning's total to PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917 Smith .Administration's ' "Camouflaged" Payroll ENTIRE tax rate, exclusive of school taxes, 1912-1016, $1. Payroll for Smith administra tion in 1918 to be $17,500,000, which would require direct tax of $1.10. ' Fourteen thousnm" employes on the list. No "useless jobs" cut out. Hundreds of new jobs added.- Expenditures for employes camouflaged by power to pay out more than $3,000,000 to them from loan funds. CITY'S PAYROLL HEAVILY PADDED Two Years of Smith Ad ministration Make It Biggest Expense TOTAL NEAR $18,000,000 During Its two jears In ofllco tho Smith administration has Increased "the cltv',3 ependlturc9 for "personal serv ices" to a point whero their cost makes on Item greater than anv other in the city budget. Fourteen thousand persons ate on the payrolls planned for 1918 by Councils and department heads. No "useless Jobs" havo been cut out. On tho contrary, hundreds of now positlona havo been added. To pay these salaries tho ta'vpijers of Philadelphia are asked for nearlv t8.000,000. The bum is greater than that asked for the maintenance of pub He works and for municipal supplies during 1918. It tops the list. Bcforo tho Smith Administration came Into power tho entlro tax-paid c-vpenses of the city, excepting tchool cpenscs only, were borne by u tax r.ito of $1 charities, wharves, docks and ferries, rltj propertv, water, hlghwava ,ind nil. I Now It Is proposed to glvo to city em plojps an amount which would require u fa rato of $ 1 10 for that 4iurposi aloni , Tho total new city lax rate Ins been set at $1.7 J, rxcluslvo of tho Blxtv cents for school taxe?. If revenues from tax ation alono wero depended upon, nearlv 6.1 per tont of tho $1.75 would go to I city cmplojes, leaving only 27 pVr cent for all tho other great expenses or mo c;tv. But, luckily for tho plans of tho poll tlclum and' tho placeholders who hive I "?v-t,i.?.,tK 11 rlAL B?ii 'i'X?''-!- ln0''e with which tho city Is run docs t "' '"S.i"." . ! ,0)nc"?""ouV u"'l, X?Jrl l" paving, the salaries of thoso with a "ill j Job" can bo camouflaged by draw ing part ot It from other sources of revenue. , CJHV JOBS "CAMOUITLAUEb" One of those is tho Indirect tax upon users cf gas Prom them tho City will get $2,600,000 net year, or tho equiva lent of tho sum obtainable by levying an evtra flttecn-cent tax on tho people. An other fund frocly drawn upon for sala ries Is made up of loans for many clusses of municipal Improvements These funds havo been tapped to pay for every em plojcs who an even remotely bo con sidered as necessary In tho work of the many projects decided upon during the Blaiikcnburg Administration 1'ajlng sularlcs fiom loan Items bus grown to popular that tho heads of nearly all the moro Important departments havo long pa rolls fcT which Councils make no provision In annual budgets, Loan money salaries Indudo the fol lowlrg: Bureau of Charities, 01m place, Jir.00 ; Department of Wharves, Docks and Tenles, tMrty-threo places, JI4.000; Depaitmcnt of Transit, 160 places, J-JJ0.000; Bureau of City 1'joptrtv, eleven places, $23,000; Bureau of High ways, live places, $10 800, Bureau of Survevs. 14b places, $160,000, and Bu reau of Water, fourteen places, $12,000. The ircatlon of now places, silary In creases and tho needless duplication of Continued on I'aco Two, Column My POSTMASTER SECURES THE FIRST BABY BOND Starts $2,000,000,000 U. S. Loan Campaign Here With $5 Certificate Purchase - b ..,. .. ui . t.-' . .. JE BUYS FJIIST THRIFT STAMP To William E. Smith, four months old, 5303 Hadficld street, goes the honor of owning the first U. S. Thrift Stamp placed on sale '- philadeiDhia today. Baby wui lo ids suviugs certificates nnd thrift stamp were placed on sale at postotftces and many banks today In the opening of tho Govcnuncnt's popular $2,000,000,000 war Icun. Postmaster John il. Thornton pur chased the first baby bond. Ho bought $5 Worth of the certificates. The sale was mado by Assistant, Postmaster John E. LHter, and the certificate delivered by Kruncls Murphy caBhler of the post office. The fl.r8t ihtttt ,to". a, r.tnty. kkV kkklklkkB kkkkkkkkHJ j igiii : & I kkkS t ipi 'MikkkV F - ," JkkkH t j f A ,"".' B I 1. f' - kkkkkl h 'blK ,.; kkH' .! ;V ; H i WIN-THE-WAR SINEWS ASKED OF CONGRESS M'Adoo Calls Tor 510,504. 357,939 as Session . Opens BOTH HOUSES CONVENE Adjournment Quickly Taken to Await President's Mes- 'C Toinorrow ..SII1 iiT" l' " lith Houtt nnd Senate of Aincrlca'j v. In-the-war Congies convened on the tiroke of noon tod ij , with the llret cull upun It for appropi latlons totaling $1 J, 304,357,033. This sum an average expenditure of virtually $37,000,000 a day for tho next j ear Is Secretary of tho Treasury Mc Adoo'ti estimate of war and necessary Intcn .il expenses during the next jear. Tomorrow President Wilson will do- liver his message sounding the call for such uctlon us ho bellcvei necestar to cany Amciicj, to vlcorv in tho war for democracj. In pit ntlug his message the President will appeal beforo a Joint session for tho first time since the dec- taa?u",;; ;;;Vd?hoTeT;;,ana inembeis In ought to both House md Senate w urd of Increasing determination to wagu war to vlctorj among the people "buck limiip" Tlin 1'.. t.1.1. nt e lift, .;Hi!i)iI in HhT. - -. - - ., for u dfle.iratlon cf wai ngulut cler many h ;.lllcs toiuoiiow, bat sentiment for announcing open bellUerenc." on Austilu i,l -urcd to b growing ludaj 1'r.ijt-iK vlcioij were offcied In opening both houtts in ins prajcr opening the Senate besslon, tho Jlov, l'orost J I'rettjman, Senate chaplain, hald Wo faeo the mightiest task over lonfrontlng any generation. vo thank Thee that wevo taken our plueo on 1 lv elde. III behalf of the brotherhood of nations, and peaco throughout the wot Id Speaker Clark s gavel fell on the dot of noon with a largo representation of tho Home present. Ills appearanco on tho rostium was greited with applause, the immbfiK 1 Islne und ilieerlng In his opening piajCi the House chap liln asked that ' In thly, the darkest hour of human hlslory, help us as a people to npprci lutr the gravity of the bltuatlon and unite us In bonds of patri otism that wn may throw all our moral. Intellectual and physical force Into tho conflict with gilm determination to win or peTish", j ForMho'iflretfcttTOatffWto TS.-sslor.sl nenuvor wtiim;i jun ui tr-i viiruiia. answered rolUall. Illness prevented his ttttendttneo at the special session. , Attendumo In the Penale was unex pectedly lirge. ,SlTty-tev(n of the nlne-ty-slk Senators answered rollcall. Sir George Held, former Premier of Australia and former member of the British Parliament, occup'ed a Heat on tho Senate floor as the guen of Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska Senator Martin, of Virginia. Demo- cr.itlo leader, und Senator Clalllnger, of Vv ixampsnirc, minority icaoer, w ere named as tho Senate members of a Jo'nt committee to notify the President of thd convening of Congress Senatoi.La Follette arose Immediately after tho organization of the Senate formally to announrc to the Senate tho death of his colleague, Senator Paul O. Hustlng, of Wisconsin, who was acci dentally shot while hunting ' 1 Ills Is not tho time to pay adequate honor to tho memory of Senator Hust Ing," said l.a Follcte. "At a later tlmo I shall ask that a day be set aside to! pav honor to him." Tho Sen.ito adopted a resolution .of "profound icgret" ovci Senator HuH - Oontlnunl on race 1'our Column Three MARINES REATEN BY NAVY YARD, 7-0 n urt r Lannell Goes Over for Lone Score in Second Period QUIGLEY WITH MAHANS PAMBRIDai-', Mass, Dec. I'oadi Leo Gary's Boston Navy lard eleven,' U,.r.,eg.srrdIVoaoVocNonUer KdUln wanan's Marines in the g.uiic ..- postponed from Saturday, playid on b'oldlors' l'leld Ihln nfteriioon. The game was decided In tho second period when Lally, wlngnuin on the Navy Yard tenn, Intcicepted one of Mahan'a forward passes on tho 25-yard lino. 1'roni this iwlnt Leary's lKys carried It over with Connell, the former Dartmouth field general, huvtng the honor of registering the jono touUidouu. Munay, ono-tlme Hat v urd quarterback, kicked the goal after tuuehdow 11 Tho Charlestown boys had n slight I Ige all through the first two perltdb' id threatened to score in tho Initial edge quarter. At I the Marl fa forward pass:" Mutray to Casey, was good for 38 yards! yard1 liner1 tho hM u the Ma"n"' :'3' The bull iH .lust on downs on the 15-yard line. Later In the same period' jo-yaru line, i-uier in vne sane perioa inq ravy mm 1.111H goi wiiniu range of the gcal and after three drives at tlu lino failed, Jlurray tried a goat from field, but the effort was wild. I PRESIDENT GETS FIRST SHELL FIRED AT HUNS Souvenir From Sammeea Will Be Given Permanent Place in War Treasures WyHlNQTON, Dec. 3.-rWar's mes sage from the Sammies In Franco was brought to President Wilson this after noon In the form of the first American shell fired at the dejnmn troops. Repre sentative Dill and the group of' Con gressmen who visited the first-line trenches deflverod the hUtorlo tronhv. The President Is expeaUd . shortly.. I annPU,,cV yy.t;Peranent 'Mlfowl announce what pernmnent 'disjfttlen Corikionr, 1017. QUICK FOOTBALL MAHAN'S MARINES .LEARY'S NAVY YARD UKRANIANS SOLDIERS QUIT; EXPECT ARMISTIC AMSTERDAM, Dec. 3. In consequence of the nnnistlc pro posals between Get many nnd Russia, Ukrainian soldiers have left the fiont for their homes, the Cologne Gazetts dcc'.nicd toJny, BULGARIA MY DISCUSS PEACE WITH RUSSIA AMSTERDAM, Dec. 3 The Bulsminu Piemlci announced today Unit negotiations bhoitly would he'opened with Russia lor nn nnulstice, nccoidlnt; to dibpatclus teceived hcic. $2,513,471,407 CASH IN UNITED STATES TREASURY WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The United States Terasury actual cash on hand than at any other tlmo in its history. Tho net balanco 0f Cdsn tn!, afternoon was $2,515,471,407. The? balanco was boosted to this tecord-breaklng figure by payments, of $42,716,759 on account of tho wecond Liberty Loan, and $684,944,000, brought in by sales of short-time treasury cer- tlflcates of Indebtedness, CHILD KILLED BY TRUCK ON WAY TO SCHOOL . on his way to tho St. Francis's Parochial School at Greene and Logan sti ccts, Hhortly bcforo 1 o'clock today, six -year-old "William Gallagher, of 4475 (Jicenc street, was run down by an auto truck of McBlvvee BrothorB, 1629 South Twenty-third street, driven by Michael Abraham, of 1248 South 'IVntl. t.rt T1. 1.,. .. n u n..inn..j ,i.,. nm.ci. A. iv wu mmo yiuiiuuin.wu ham was held without ball by Magistrate Pcnnock to await action of tho Coroner YOUTH KILLED IN COLLISION Howard Hansom, twenty-two vcars old, of 226 West Duval street, helper on an auto truck of tho Howe Construction Company, 8626 Germantown ave nue, dvvrlvcu by William Darigerflcld, a negro, thlrty-sK years old, of 100 I Saw nee street, was thrown when tho truck hit tho rear end of a trolley car, I Houto 23, west-bound, at Stenton and Illllcrest avenues, this morning. When taken to tho Chestnut Hill Hospital Ransom was pronounced dead by Doctor Skinner. Dangerfleld escaped with contusions of tho body. Ransom's father 1 Is tho night turnkey at tho Chestnut Hill police station. VATICAN ELEVATES 2 U. S. PRIESTS TO MONSIGNORS ROMn, Dec. 3. Fathers Bernard Mahonoy, of Albany, N. Y and Charles O'Hearn, of Chicago, were elevated to tho rank of monslgnor by tho Vatican today. Both wcro attached to tho American College in Rome. ENGINEERS. AND FIREMEN WANT MORE PAY CLUVKLAND, O.. Dec. 3. Wage demands from more than 100,000 mem bers oj tho Brotherhood oC Locomotive Firemen and EJnginemen may ba added to .thosg,preaented to railroads Saturday by tho Brotherhoods of Rail way TrairinTcn 'dnlTConductors. it was Uanft&'ldSEtV. CHiafttnen "of tho flne" men are to meet in Chicago Decomber ing Increased pay. 11 HURT WHEN P. R. R. TRAIN SIDEWIPES FREIGHT DERRY. Pa.. Dec. 3 Twenty -seven persons wero injuted today when T.enns. ivana train No. 32, oastbound, i , ' , ,., . . '" "" "uu " Blui'i,lu '"" "c' "" "-""" - " "- " in eight passenger coaches wcro shattered and tho occupants showered with i broken glass. CINCINNATI MEN BUY PITTSBURGH. Dec. 3. A deal ,,,,(. ,!, iVio nnlr nf fho u,.........,.u -..v.. .. .w... ...- t i i . . nmn .v .aIt.s transferred from the 2019 shareholders Kdvvards. Tho stockholders received $330 a share, tho par value being $100 Tho company manufactures sheet steel and certain lines of specialties. RESERVE BANK OPENS; $7,000,000 DEPOSITS LOUISVILLE, Ky Dec. 3,-r-The Loulsvlllo branch of tho Tcdcral Re- 1 servo Bank will open today ut 9 o'clock ,, ,... . -.- tine 7.n00.000 on It likely will be made to member banks today. The $7,000,000 deposit accounts lmvo been transferred to tho Louisville bank by tha St. Louis bank, tho sum being made up of deposits ot member banks in that part Of tho eighth Ted eral Reserve district. TREASURY TO BUY WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. The j that tho Government would buy up tho country's silver output. Prices will ! bo fixed at a "fair" profit to producers, it was stated by Director of tho Mint Ray Baker. MUST SUPPLY COAL "WASHINGTON, Dee. 3. Operators under contract with tho Southern) llway and its subsidiary companies aro required, by an order Issued by Railway and its subsidiary companies Puel Administrator Garfield today, to In enual dally umounts. Similar orders have been issued to operators sup , . plying tho Baltimore and Ohio, tho Pennsylvania and otlier railroads. Doctor "clJ bclleve3 that bj' ,1,H,,B COntrf ,a l0mp"? h",nB C0Sd -in-. 1 . .. .1 wi ...lriitiAnnf nn nnn epeeuny uniuaucu uuuiuunut -.o creasing bituminous production. i -,.,. n..... t-r , -rAwr. nn-w -inr - nnmnttM rlLjlU! UMllir, ALiLitUM&U riJ-ljIinOTAi, nEOIljrl'NO POLICE CHIEF, ALLEGED PRO-GERMAN, RESIGNS CONNKLLSVILLB, Pa, Dec. 3. cused of "strong pro Germanism," Jios His action was hustetned by members presented a petition that Council ... - ,i cusatlous against him. j:otticr, wno patrolmen wouia rcsuu ironi 11s reiusui. ji ouuuruinaico iiiiiuu oiuur uu department for twenty-five years, denied all tho charges. He, sold he was , vJctlm 0f a. frame-up and accused several patrolmen of serious offenses, ,. . ,,..., ,,....., ... ,., ,, . i Mayor Rockwell Marietta Indicated there ould bo a general shake up. . ' WHOLE FAMILY PERISHES IN FIRE ihthu LM V- T Tian 9 VfnaAa , . ,., . . . ,, . JUUAXJ1MA.. -. .. v. w. .uuvu - -.... . LICORICE PLANTATION STARTED IN SOUTH JERSEY miENA VISTA. N. J., nec. S. American school boys and girls won't have to do without their licorice sticks even should submarines sink all the; ' ships that sail thd Beven seas, If a scheme for the growing of licorice root in South Jersey proves practical. A llcorico plantation is novel, even lor this region, w filch has been the scene of many unusual ventures. This one has been located at the edge of the great Atlantla County wilderness. .AboutvlOOO acres of this land has been bought by a Arm operating as the Waldeck Farms, Incor- po rated. WILL URGE PASSAGE OF DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL NEW YORK, Dec 3. National Daylight Saving, offlosrs wHl,o .Wash ington soon to urge the Interstate Commeree Commutes votUn. Keuse .ot Representatives to report out for publio . hsartuE tkaVtefltafctl tour-ML """ ; to bbcww -ntrjy WKfW: M according- to a"r announceinent -hsre. nr tn Pernio Liooca Couuxi NEWS SCORES 0 0 0 7 0 O 00 07 today has moie ,w1 .!..,! n. C T.tfac, UniinKfil AK.n. uaA .fc wv. ajuw ..va.... -.w.. 15 to dlsciiss tho advisability of ask sldewiped a bulged freight cor in a , , . . , ,.. . STEEL WORKS STOCK representing approximate $666,666 was. f'anntnliiirr Kte1 nn.1 Trnn Wnrkfl rvas. - ... ... Ar I'lnAinnnti mn iinm-inn mr t.- " to Cincinnati men headed by E. "W with $2,000,000 cash ln its vaults and books. Loans mrcrecatlnsr $2,000,000 U. S. SILVER OUTPUT Treasury Department today announced TO SOUTHERN RAILWAY aro required, by an order Issued by supply tho railroad's coal requirements .. . ...... .. ..v.. .w. ... .,, m . ri vmo dai rni rna m inaa t hh 1 u swing, aftSr-JI '. m - Chlef of Police Barthold Rottljr. ac offered his resignation to City Council. or tne rorco under mm, eight or whom dismiss tho chief, declaring a strike of ,,i. . ji ... . .. . naa Dccn neaa 01 ino Lonnontvine ponce) fl11 fnrtv.flt'n VAarn ftlH l.f . ta n.wllcoal CafS WtT&'jW v., -w. - ... jw.w v.u, ...u ., .aw ttliu . j .,,fl ,,,., ,.. .J... ,-. -- iTM';we 't:-i" MMafllto PRICED m OPENS f ,r FORR A'-V H Campaign for.iVf New Members With'Z!; RALLY AT RIT2 -vvVf Christmas Spirit Stirring PleatfbyrGlt5t nrs in Great fttttl lOffS t V - The great natlon-wUe Ct dttHMH i palgn vof the Anur)CM MC' triple Its membership et't,H9jm. solidarity 'cf th UateHb; , set under way ln PhUWlhl 'to4 Tho opening (UMK.Inni '-1 afternoon at the HMa-0rtM I . ... -4 1 iwo preliminary oranlMMa-,l of tho iniithrnntnrn Yontiiliril j ter, whose allotment . 1m '.MteMtl drive Is 300,000 new meifiiuf , cencrai mumping out C W W for "dollar" membera Mlt.'lv tho big army of worlurt.fnt1! ins ivams 10 pieaga -new iBMOi the subject of Of mMrtnl first, at 2 o'clock, wMjwlflJ uy -uih. uosepn jcieiay, eai man of the branches, mi and attended br tho, dMjrmwi ftfty-flve branches an4iauj . ' i .' . A" HMfl( I cCTTinOSea nT firirfflT fi ... branches and auxiliaries:; ' rra ae J o-ciocK,uy BR' I nart, airector or tns csmm ..K.v., .v.i.ui. einuraova - Delaware, Chester. MonU ucrKs counties. v( RED CRSS AND Doctor Hnrt said thit f'th" 3to4 .s... MiuiiBiuawu W time, snouiu Do specially simi tho Christmas spirit and tte spirit spring from the nsma i The Red Cross servicii Air duced at the 3 o'clock meetui 600 Red Cross friends WesthV iiiuL uilciiucu wafsuy cozmns "ag. c "" Atiu eericu iias me&survBivi ncnes. it nas a blue border, vviuio neiu in wnico IS. a ( 4 is to be placed In ths wlaJMr' first member of a family. Jabi cross ana qs otner mesiMn J tlon red crosses are D&uMf te Sn Christmas Eve llhts ! ehlnd tlia nags.' bo, that ttaM .. in - - ' ' -- '- " . . . .. .ers-by. " "7M The active worif i win Degm imm-H ortrwiUerr'itn r ' . -, UUUPi. -4SB iVKM ; uaryr anj;i iraiernity rj 1 beaded byt pr I their work bf pie I children to become 1 cross, similar orn been made for the'cotrntles. "A DOLLAR AND. X;i "A dollar and a heart-av Is the slogan. 'A dollar.anan port Is asked ot millionaire , chanlc alike. V''''Tn ' a. leading part, arebi,t'j eral committee und-r1 ' I of V. T. Stoteabvlry-.y-Ufi m08.t Prominent, fjruvmaat, I professional men of-tbls- .-,., two uoy scouts, rivals rwt of being tbe first Christmas decided tho "controversy?! today coin nipped by Mrs.B4rrJr'Bl ' burton, of the Emergency WUo. ' liome In Jonktntown.'YTJi bMpf ; to Kugene a. iJavis. nrcs vtmn of Common CounelhaaaVaMJri ot tne xniriy-oigntn iiwf,a of the Athletics, f TtteVMeMCi was Claude Bennett, Sr.l'wlkf. Bennett, manager or I ford. Young Davis.' 5 entire membership ved Troop 54, said that'tu'V were Impelled tO'atditltsM cause of Its excellent 1 . scoutmaster, GeorMi' latter was injurerM' as a member of aa' unit Both Davis sat 1 the ln the 'Llbertr-'J Davis collecting $13,304 taj and Bennett $105.760.;j:J?,'JV V" CALLED ENWIV COATESVILLE1 it- Business Man and ivssociafc - . Vafmimji "J W-BW . -W ' COATKSVIUMSS PkMMI I IlrwrtP"!. wlm -nHJA.tAlAtl 1 wwr - -- -1 1 .. .. Uiran'vr txsed as secrulMJ' Coatesvlllo Trusf-rmiJWfcj - ' tu"j ' "jjf md!csVit 1 lnB ans drew up't ;(($ hold goods are betiNpi. - . , s father and hat ' lincDiori wuc.o vr Hoopes's wuoi; leave tonlght-TriljIrj known, but H rtWWp to PhoenUvlIle.U - v iirii,ilii WILMINOTOK.' i being te;sscopea.yw I 7-- . .. - jyg norm otM Baltimore'' aivdL, I one was "Injur blocked forson' TiTE& X'orJ tttl4: Aurriiidi (cittehVaNrf gtntte virtol&H AT.V3I
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